dead-beat
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Point three is-some odd conflation between leaving people alone in their private lives and dead-beat dads.
From Time ● Jan. 29, 2013
But on a rainy evening of "dead-beat, hungover idleness", he was seized with the idea of walking across Europe to the gates of Asia.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2012
Instead of hating her for the transgression, what about feeling sorry for her that she can’t do any better than a dead-beat dad with anger issues?!
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2012
Would you buy bonds from a dead-beat that stiffed investors out of more than $800 million just 18 months ago?
From Time Magazine Archive
While starring through Indiana several years ago," he said at a dinner one night, "my manager was approached by a man who had the local reputation of being a pass 'worker,' or dead-beat.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various
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